Burton Walrad Toddler Photo

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Description

Black and white studio photo of Burton Walrad as a toddler. He is wearing a fancy shirt/blouse and overalls and a cap and is holding a small coal shovel. Set includes a painted backdrop and swivel chair. The photo is attached to a gray cardboard frame embossed "Chas. Hutchins | Sand Point, Idaho.". People identified: Walrad, Burton Walrad, LaVerne (Caffee)

Provenance

From a collection of photos of Burton Walrad and his spouse LaVerne Caffee Walrad and their families. Burton Walrad was born in 1902 in Sandpoint, ID and moved with his parents to Gresham in 1912. They purchased a mercantile store on Main and 1st Street that became Walrad Mercantile. Burton graduated from Gresham Union High School in 1921 and started his first business, Gresham Transfer Co., in 1922. He drove his delivery truck locally all day and made all-night deliveries to The Dalles, sleeping in the truck while it was unloaded and wetting his shirt in the creek to stay awake. His next venture, Walrad Insurance, remained in business from 1928 until his retirement 50 years later. In 1931, he became the first president of the new Gresham Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in bringing a new bank to Gresham after both of the town’s previous banks had failed in the stock market crash. He became known for charitable giving and investment in civic improvement, purchasing the Gresham Fire Department its first fire truck. Burton and LaVerne had no children. Burton died in 1990 and LaVerne in 2001. Their friend and neighbor David Widmark donated the photos after their deaths.

Date

1903-1904

Subject

Photographs

Boys

Portrait photographs

Portrait

prints

Portraits

Location

Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, United States

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Identifier

ghs20010330030

Contributor

Gresham Historical Society

Extent

Print, Photographic

Type

StillImage